ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Discovery of Guiana is a book by Sir Walter Raleigh, who wrote this account one year after his 1595 journey to Guiana, the Venezuelan region of Guayana.

Detailed explanation-2: -Walter Raleigh is given credit for introducing both tobacco and potatoes to Britain, although both of these were already known from Spanish explorers. Raleigh certainly helped to make smoking popular at court and was convinced tobacco was a good cure for coughs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer, soldier, seaman, writer, and favorite subject of Queen Elizabeth I was, as its sponsor, primarily responsible for the attempted colonization of Roanoke Island in the 1580s.

Detailed explanation-4: -Home to numerous and diverse indigenous societies, including Arawakan-speaking groups who migrated to the Caribbean islands, the Guianas were “discovered” by Columbus in 1498 on his third voyage to the Americas, but they became the site of sustained European exploration and conquest only in the early 17th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the Armada year of 1588, Raleigh had some involvement with defence against the Spanish at Devon. The ship that he had built, Ark Royal, was Lord High Admiral Howard’s flagship.